Ida
Smith was born in Philadelphia
on 3rd July,
1871. Educated at the University of Nebraska, she married James Wise
in 1889.
After
the death of her husband in 1892 Ida became a teacher. A supporter
of women's suffrage she was also an
active member of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union (WCTU). The main objective of the WCTU was to persuade all
states to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages. Ida was president
of Iowa's WCTU for 20 years. Later she became president of the national
WCTU.
In
1930 President Herbert Hoover appointed
Ida Wise Smith to the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.
In 1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt
appointed her to the White House Conference on Children in Democracy.
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